Country · Oceania
New Zealand
Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted, whether native or introduced.
- Species
- 2
- Families
- 2
- Genera
- 2
- Found only here
- 0
- Photographed
- 2 of 2
Shares its fishes withspecies recorded in both
Ctenopharyngodon idellaGrass Carp
Cyprinidae · (Valenciennes, 1844)
The grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella, is a large cyprinid native to the Amur River system in eastern Russia and northeastern China. Adults typically reach 800 to 1200 mm, making it a wholly unsuitable aquarium subject, though an albino form is traded. Widely introduced for aquaculture and weed control, it has caused serious damage to natural waters, and unwanted fish should never be released.
Phalloceros caudimaculatusDusky Millions Fish
Poeciliidae · (Hensel, 1868)
The dusky millions fish, Phalloceros caudimaculatus, is a small livebearer native to Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Argentina. Feral populations in Australia, New Zealand, Ethiopia and Malawi were purportedly introduced for mosquito control and are now considered invasive. Highly variable in colour pattern, it is known in the hobby in spotted and golden ornamental forms. P. caudimaculatus is the type species of a genus that was monotypic until 21 new species were described in 2008.